Duration of polymerase Chain reaction-detectable DNA after treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Trichomonas vaginalis Infections in Women

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 215-219

  Williams, James A ^a   Ofner, Susan ^a   Batteiger, Byron E ^a   Fortenberry, J Dennis ^a   Van Der Pol, Barbara ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, BACTERIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS;

EID: 84894457672     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000102     Document Type: Article

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